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Madeline Peltz

@peltzmadeline.bsky.social

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writing a book about gender, young people, and the right-wing internet // prev: @mmfa.bsky.social // opinions my own // madeline dot peltz at gmail, signal: madeline.70 // numbertwopencil.substack.com https://linktr.ee/peltzmadeline

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · Feb 6

Some personal news: I'm writing a book about the future of right-wing media

PICK ME coming fall 2026

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 1d

My latest: I talked to Steve Bannon about civil war

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They do not consider American cities to be part of this country

I talked to Steve Bannon on the phone last week

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 2d

TPUSA's own emails have moved on from Kirk assassination

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 6d

I myself, the bad anti-Zionist Jew, was piously streaming Kol Nidre services while Jonathan Greenblatt was emailing me about how bootlicking isnt' working out for him, but that's neither here nor there. g'mar chatima tova you fascist

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 11d

"Genocide is the omincause crylaugh" i type into the Abundance groupchat, where we are currently discussing whether mass deportations are Abundance

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13d

But let’s be clear: every day, masked ICE agents are acting violently against our neighbors, illegally abducting them, holding them in cruel and inhumane conditions. Treating them as less-than-human, and not deserving due process.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 14d

good headline and my question is why won't Democrats stand up and say this www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Charlie Kirk's memorial was Christian nationalism's biggest moment

Praise and partisanship become strange bedfellows.

www.motherjones.com

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 14d

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents held a 5-year-old autistic girl outside her Massachusetts home to pressure her father to surrender to authorities last week, according to the girl's family

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

ICE held 5-year-old autistic girl in Massachusetts to pressure father to surrender, family says

The Department of Homeland Security denied the allegation, calling it a "disgusting smear."

www.nbcnews.com

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 15d

My latest:

Mainstream media has suggested that Charlie Kirk's legacy will bring forward a "pro-family" agenda in the GOP. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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No, Erika Kirk will not make the Republican Party pro-family

Family policy under fascism is brutal, depraved and nhumane

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 16d

the absolute shamelessness with which Charlie Kirk was likened to literal Jesus again and again today... it's just so blasphemous man, I say this as a Jew

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Laur-eeeeee😱 (spooky scream) @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 18d

Absolutely shattering details in this Sun-Times piece chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09...

A screenshot from the Chicago Sun-Times that says: "Milagros Pelayo, 22, and Yessenia Garcia, 16, said seeing others protesting against the treatment of immigrants made them feel seen.

Their father, Rosalio Pelayo Salgago, was detained at his home Sept. 10.

“We’re a little overwhelmed, a little scared, but we’re still here,” Pelayo said. “We’re still fighting, and the fight is not only now for us, but for other people like us and other people who have immigrant parents.”"

A screenshot from the Chicago Sun-Times that says: "Tania Ramos, 25, arrived at the facility around 6 p.m. Friday.

The setting sun lit up tears streaming down her face as she spoke of her father inside.

“Vino, your daughter is here,” an activist yelled in Spanish through a bullhorn. “She says she loves you a lot.”"

A screenshot from the Chicago Sun-Times that says: "Ramos, who spoke on condition her father’s full name not be published, said he arrived in the United States from Guatemala nearly 30 years ago and does not have a criminal record.

“He just had back surgery,” she said. “He had a bulging disc, so he’s been recuperating. He has a lung disease, and he also has diabetes and high cholesterol, so he takes a lot of medication every day.”

Ramos said she just wanted to “make sure that he has his medication and that he’s safe.”"

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 20d

i remain resolute in my confidence we will win and it will be because we stuck together. dooming and fatalism is not how any of us will get out of this mess. i’m saying this as a veteran climate journalist who is a trans woman. if i have more hope than you, think of what that says about your view

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 19d

No mention of cuts to social safety net in this article, which make feeding healthy children impossible. Nothing about how it's impossible to live on a single income anymore. Just airy fairy cultural wishlisting and quotes from conservative establishment activists

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 20d

christ I’ve been laid off twice in less than two years

Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 20d

at the zenith of RFK Jr. breaking medicine, science and trust forever, Olivia Nuzzi is named West Coast Editor of Vanity Fair.

Vanity Fair Welcomes Jennifer Pastore, Olivia Nuzzi, Lindsey Underwood, Aidan McLaughlin, and More New Hires

The announcement includes the appointment of a new creative director, writers, editors, and a social team.

www.vanityfair.com

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 20d

Gotta disagree with Rove, here. It doesn't insult Charlie Kirk's memory at all. The dude categorically DID NOT support free speech. Here's a little guide to that from @peltzmadeline.bsky.social

numbertwopencil.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 20d

Remember Biden's 2022 speech that scared the absolute shit out of the right, condemning "extreme MAGA Republicans" and their hostilities to civil liberties?

All that fire got redirected to college students after October 7. They gave it all up for Bibi and genocide.

Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 20d

We’d be in a much stronger position right now if mainstream Democrats had taken a common sense stand for First Amendment principles instead of piling on undergraduate standing up for Palestine.

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 22d

My latest: The mainstream media is telling you Charlie Kirk is a free speech hero, so more than a dozen examples of his attacks on the First Amendment into one place.
numbertwopencil.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...

Charlie Kirk opposed free speech but the media won’t tell you that

The mainstream media venerated Charlie Kirk as a martyr of free speech following his assassination on September 10.

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 23d

An impromptu prayer circle has formed in the REACH center. They are saying prayers popcorn style and singing “How great thou art”

Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 23d

The military police here have a camera and are shooting photos

Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 23d

the event is full and I’m going into the overflow hall at the REACH center

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 23d

His pin says I am charlie Kirk. A woman gave it to him when she overheard our conversation.

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 23d

The event is full and I didn’t get in. Spent a while speaking with Kevin, a permanent resident and charlie Kirk super fan originally from Shanghai

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 23d

Then I spoke to a young man in TPUSA action shirt who was checking in VIPs. He said he works for the administration

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 23d

Press check in wouldn’t let me in. They got super defensive when I asked if they were working for TPUSA or Kennedy center. One woman said Kennedy center. Another said she’s just a volunteer

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 23d

The line wraps all the way around the other side of the building

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